[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 44 (Tuesday, April 21, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E607]
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    BUILDING EFFICIENT SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND EQUITY ACT OF 1998

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                               speech of

                          HON. JOHN E. ENSIGN

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, April 1, 1998

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 2400) to 
     authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety 
     programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes:

  Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. Chairman. I would like to thank Chairman Shuster and 
Petri, and ranking members Oberstar  and Rahall for including in the 
BESTEA legislation an authorization for a new start rail project being 
undertaken by the Regional Transportation Commission of Clark County, 
Nevada (RTC). The RTC's Resort Corridor Fixed Guideway Project is 
included among these projects authorized for Final Design and 
Construction under Item (34) of section 332 of the bill. This project 
is currently in the preliminary engineering phase, and is critically 
needed to meet clean air demands and the ever increasing transportation 
needs in the Las Vegas Valley. The proposed system is anticipated to 
carry 95,000 passengers daily, and will provide efficient transit 
service into the Resort Corridor where over 50 percent of regional 
employment is focused. I appreciate the recognition given to RTC's 
Resort Corridor Fixed Guideway Project by the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure in the authorization of new start 
projects.

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